Billions of cicadas are about to emerge from underground in a rare double-brood convergence
- Written by John Cooley, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Cicadas climb up a tree at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., during the Brood X emergence in 2021.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesIn the wake of North America’s recent solar eclipse, another historic natural event is on the horizon. From late April through June 2024, the largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX,...